Serial sputum smears for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis panel - by Acid fast stain 79424-8
LOINC Code
LOINC code | 79424-8 | ||
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name | Serial sputum smears for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis panel - by Acid fast stain | ||
description | This panel is used to report the results of serial sputum smears used to diagnose pulmonary tuberculosis. Until 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) recommended collecting three serial sputum specimens, including at least one first-morning specimen. In 2007, WHO reduced the number of specimens from three to two, but only in places with an established external quality assurance (EQA) system for smear microscopy. In locations without such an EQA system, collection of three specimens is still recommended. [http://www.who.int/tb/laboratory/policy_diagnosis_pulmonary_tb/en/] This panel originally only contained terms with the specific Method Acid fast stain.Ziehl-Neelsen but was updated in LOINC release 2.68 to accommodate the reporting of results for other acid fast stains. | ||
status | ACTIVE | ||
Fully-Specified Name | |||
component | Serial smears for diagnosing pulmonary tuberculosis panel | ||
property | - | ||
time | Pt = Point in time: To identify measures at a point in time. This is a synonym for “spot” or “random” as applied to urine measurements. | ||
system | Sputum | ||
scale | - | ||
method | Acid fast stain | ||
Additional Names | |||
short name | Serial TB smears Pnl Spt Acid fast Stn | ||
Basic Attributes | |||
class | PANEL.MICRO | ||
type | 1 Laboratory | ||
order vs. observation | Order | ||
Panel Components | |||
Associated Observations | |||
LOINC codes that represent optional associated observation(s) for a clinical observation or laboratory test. A LOINC term may represent a single associated observation or panel containing several associated observations. | |||
History/Usage | |||
first released | |||
last updated | 2.68 | ||
last change type | PANEL - addition or removal of child elements or change in the conditionality of child elements in the panel or in sub-panels contained by the panel. | ||
change reason | Release 2.68: METHOD_TYP: Updated the Method from Acid fast stain.Ziehl-Neelsen so that this panel can be used for reporting results of other acid fast staining methods. | ||
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